An unusual ECG lead reversal

oleh: Suresh Kumar Sukumaran, Raja J. Selvaraj

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2024-03-01

Deskripsi

Lead reversals are a common cause of electrocardiographic abnormality, which can lead to a false diagnosis like chamber enlargement, myocardial ischemia or infarction. Isolated limb lead reversals and chest lead reversals are common in clinical practice. This article reports a rare case where multiple limb and chest leads were reversed due to the reversal of cables leading to a false diagnosis of myocardial ischemia.